Bears At Play Open Thread

Hilariously distracted bear cub toys with balloon pic.twitter.com/KSKnqcViuI
— Gabriele Corno (@Gabriele_Corno) November 25, 2024

Posted by: Ace at 04:40 PM

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1 Foist

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2024 04:40 PM (RIvkX)

2 Foist again and nooded

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2024 04:41 PM (RIvkX)

3 Ok now I'm bored

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2024 04:41 PM (RIvkX)

4 BLAH!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 29, 2024 04:42 PM (z0QHk)

5 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at November 29, 2024 04:42 PM (GYt5+)

6 Yeah, they're cute. Until you have to shoo them off of the porch.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2024 04:44 PM (XeU6L)

7 Good Apple ad.

No kids, but it hits just the same.

https://tinyurl.com/3kym2ky6

Posted by: Aetius451AD at November 29, 2024 04:45 PM (bss/y)

8 He's distracting all the vehicles so that Mamma Bear (her codename) can launch a surprise attack and steal all their pic-a-nic baskets.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 29, 2024 04:46 PM (BpYfr)

9 *Sigh* Jetz gibt's 98 Luftballons.

Posted by: Nena at November 29, 2024 04:46 PM (PiwSw)

10 6 Yeah, they're cute. Until you have to shoo them off of the porch.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc

Hello there, sweet Mr Hammer. Have your bear friends been visiting?

The winter ducks have arrived on Puget Sound. My favorite is the Bufflehead.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 29, 2024 04:46 PM (GtiC3)

11 I wonder where this was filmed?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at November 29, 2024 04:46 PM (RIvkX)

12 It's the bear necessity
The simple bear necessities
Don't think about your worries and your strife

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 04:49 PM (fwDg9)

13
Hello there, sweet Mr Hammer. Have your bear friends been visiting?

The winter ducks have arrived on Puget Sound. My favorite is the Bufflehead.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Did I send you the pic of the post-storm bear visit? I think so...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2024 04:49 PM (XeU6L)

14 Balloons are bad for wildlife!

Posted by: Scoldy Environmentalist at November 29, 2024 04:49 PM (K1HkL)

15 Terrible clock management

Posted by: occam's brassiere at November 29, 2024 04:50 PM (aCsV6)

16 I wonder where this was filmed?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Jellystone National Park …

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Title Critic . . . at November 29, 2024 04:50 PM (U/JWQ)

17 2nd family turkey cook complete.
(yesterday 1 for fire station 1, 1 for large Betterhalf's family )
Tomorrow 1 for fire station 2.

I'm going to be very done cooking turkey for this year...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2024 04:50 PM (81XE6)

18 All kids cry when the helium balloon gets away. It's part of growing up.

Posted by: Don't Be A Pansy! at November 29, 2024 04:51 PM (nS6qG)

19 One of the nice things in my locale is the largest wildlife is deer and they are not too numerous. The largest predator around is coyotes. At least for now. The liberals would love to get the mtn lion and wolf populations so high they would get pushed out here out of their normal range.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 29, 2024 04:51 PM (83y/e)

20 First 48 alone has been responsible for the loss of 1.4 million balloons and 3,143 seat turtles. And the odd manatee.

Posted by: Justice Center at November 29, 2024 04:53 PM (nS6qG)

21 If Trump really wants to break leftist's brains he should have What A Wonderful World at his inauguration.

Many of them would snap and it would be glorious.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 04:53 PM (LkLld)

22 More Kate Upton please.

Posted by: The Man from Athens at November 29, 2024 04:54 PM (eISTN)

23 Commenting Present.

Posted by: Barry O'Soetoro at November 29, 2024 04:54 PM (a3Q+t)

24 Wow, that is a lot. But I think I could live with roasting 3 turkeys if all the sides and desserts were done by someone else.

Posted by: PaleRider at November 29, 2024 04:54 PM (83y/e)

25 AOC 2028
You Can't Stop The Magic!

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 29, 2024 04:56 PM (TGPs7)

26 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at November 29, 2024 04:56 PM (WXNFJ)

27 Big cub.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2024 04:56 PM (63Dwl)

28 Are turkey feathers useful at all? I know you get down from a duck, or maybe an elephant.

Posted by: Eider, Or at November 29, 2024 04:57 PM (nS6qG)

29 >>More Kate Upton please.

Ok

https://tinyurl.com/bdhw3kfx

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 04:57 PM (LkLld)

30 The balloon floating away broke the little bear's heart and he was never the same...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 29, 2024 04:57 PM (TGPs7)

31 Black bears, so probably N America? Can't ID the cars.

Posted by: davidt at November 29, 2024 04:58 PM (i0F8b)

32 Capt Obvious!

Good afternoon! How's your little corner of the PNW? It's chilly and some clouds, but some sun and the mountains are playing peek a boo.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 29, 2024 05:01 PM (H3kqf)

33 The balloon floating away broke the little bear's heart and he was never the same...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 29, 2024 04:57 PM (TGPs7)

Did he move to Chicago, and become the spiritual successor to Dick Butkus?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 05:01 PM (VNX3d)

34 Bears are getting smart now. Momma Bears use their cubs to distract the tourists, then beg and steal treats. Just like the homeless.

Posted by: Moochin' Easier Than Scavengin' at November 29, 2024 05:02 PM (nS6qG)

35 Did I send you the pic of the post-storm bear visit? I think so...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc

You did! I wonder what the bears and the wildlife did during your storms. Do you think they knew where to go to be out of harm's way?

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 29, 2024 05:04 PM (H3kqf)

36 21
'What A Wonderful World at his inauguration.'

I'm in favor of it but why would playing that song in particular make them snap?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 29, 2024 05:05 PM (3wi/L)

37 Good afternoon! How's your little corner of the PNW? It's chilly and some clouds, but some sun and the mountains are playing peek a boo.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 29, 2024 05:01 PM (H3kqf)
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More of the same. Got my Christmas lights up and am slowly preparing the house for guests tomorrow.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea, Radioactive Knight, Concertina Czar at November 29, 2024 05:08 PM (z0QHk)

38 It's past 5pm.

Our visiting cats decided it was too cold outside to stay there more than a few minutes. Hopefully this is the start of them becoming indoor cats.

They both enjoy sleeping under the Christmas tree our friends' daughters decorated yesterday.

Still so much food left.

Posted by: Stateless at November 29, 2024 05:09 PM (jvJvP)

39 >>I'm in favor of it but why would playing that song in particular make them snap?

Because leftists think the world is an ugly place and we are hateful Nazis and racists. And when we are happy and celebrating the beauty of the world it drives them even more bat shit crazy than they already are.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:09 PM (LkLld)

40 The balloon floating away broke the little bear's heart and he was never the same...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at November 29, 2024 04:57 PM (TGPs7)

Did he move to Chicago, and become the spiritual successor to Dick Butkus?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 05:01 PM (VNX3d)

No. He first started losing interest in things that used to bring him joy. He quit playing with toys. He quit stealing campers' food. He stopped playing with his siblings. He stopped playing altogether. He almost never left the cave anymore. He started hibernating a month before everyone else, and stayed asleep for a month after the other bears woke up. He was eating less and less, and sleeping more and more. He started thinking about darting out into traffic, but he couldn't muster the energy to head out to the road.

Posted by: Bearly depressed at November 29, 2024 05:10 PM (dMtzC)

41 Because leftists think the world is an ugly place and we are hateful Nazis and racists. And when we are happy and celebrating the beauty of the world it drives them even more bat shit crazy than they already are.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:09 PM (LkLld)

It can be a very ugly place, but they only seek to make it uglier.

Posted by: Boots stamping a human face are ugly at November 29, 2024 05:11 PM (dMtzC)

42
Van Gogh family member who refuses to share his waffles - Leggomyeg Gogh

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2024 05:12 PM (KAi1n)

43
Are turkey feathers useful at all? I know you get down from a duck, or maybe an elephant.
Posted by: Eider, Or

You can get down and boogie.

Posted by: Jive Turkey at November 29, 2024 05:13 PM (63Dwl)

44 Look closely at the first 1/3 of the video. Down at the far curve, across the street, a pedestrian is walking away from the scene, apparently along a paved footpath.

This ain't the Deep Woods, here.

And ol' mama bear has got navigating suburbia down to an art.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2024 05:13 PM (Xo+UM)

45 Back inside. Got my air line thawed, and blew snow off what needed snow blowed off it. Got my tractor started, warmed up, and used it to pick up the engine on its wheeled stand, and set it on the floor in the big shop. Managed to topple it over, once, no serious damage.

Was backing the tractor out of the shop, and it ran out of fuel and quit. Right. There. Took a lot of doing to get it going again, but it is now parked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:13 PM (nezN1)

46 Turkey feathers *could* be used for fly-tying... mainly for imitating wing-casings I'd guess.

Free feathers! Have you seen how much that stuff costs in a fly-shop?

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 05:13 PM (YoCnN)

47 He started thinking about darting out into traffic, but he couldn't muster the energy to head out to the road.
Posted by: Bearly depressed

Sounds like a Harris staffer who lost his joy.

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2024 05:14 PM (KAi1n)

48
Wait, aren't we overdue for horrific videos of a certain demographic behaving like savages on Black Friday?
And then be called "racists" for watching these videos?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:14 PM (qAL9z)

49
And by "certain demographic" I, of course mean low-rent undesirables.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:15 PM (qAL9z)

50 If Trump really wants to break leftist's brains he should have What A Wonderful World at his inauguration.

Many of them would snap and it would be glorious.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 04:53 PM (LkLld)

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The Clinton Scum co-opted (and instantly ruined for me) Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow."

I suspect that Trump taking it back would trigger innumerable as well as epic meltdowns ... even lawsuits maybe ... for our continued entertainment.

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:15 PM (jQF5i)

51 Posted by: Eider, Or

Which side of the turkey has more feathers?

The outside

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:15 PM (bqBJF)

52 He started thinking about darting out into traffic, but he couldn't muster the energy to head out to the road.
Posted by: Bearly depressed at November 29, 2024 05:10 PM (dMtzC)

Nicely done!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 05:16 PM (VNX3d)

53 Because leftists think the world is an ugly place and we are hateful Nazis and racists. And when we are happy and celebrating the beauty of the world it drives them even more bat shit crazy than they already are.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:09 PM (LkLld)
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Yes. I use the term "Yard Sign Calvinists" to describe these people because they absolutely believe in the utter depravity of man, but they also believe that they themselves are saved, and being saved, they can do no wrong. This is why, for example, when a diary is found by Biden's daughter pointing to child abuse, the person who goes to jail is the one who published it, not the perp.

It's why Obama and drone strike civilians because he's one of the Elect. They usually don't identify as Christian, but they very much believe in a Higher Power, the Arc of History, Karma, etc.

Right now, they are have an existential crisis because Trump won. Because they are Elect, they don't believe they should suffer. They have no concept of purification through suffering, they hate suffering, they avoid it at all costs. They are entitled NOT to suffer, EVER. You, me, the Deplorables, we will suffer eternally, not them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:16 PM (ZOv7s)

54 Was backing the tractor out of the shop, and it ran out of fuel and quit. Right. There. Took a lot of doing to get it going again, but it is now parked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:13 PM (nezN1)

Thought of you today.

We had a light dusting of snow. Nothing like the weather you're used to.

This is speedo weather for Alberta people....

Posted by: Stateless at November 29, 2024 05:17 PM (jvJvP)

55 39
'drives them even more bat shit crazy than they already are.'

I'd like to see them go crazier than that. What if Trump picked a song the left thinks it owns and then really fouled it up.

I'm thinking "Don't Stop Thinking about Tomorrow" but sung by the Mormon Tabernacle choir. Then release a bunch of balloons.

I think leftists would shit their pants in anger.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 29, 2024 05:17 PM (3wi/L)

56 Update your style books! The NYT now refers to them as "non-transgender women."

https://is.gd/IublDw

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 29, 2024 05:17 PM (L/fGl)

57
It must be difficult to transport cats and relocate them, even temporaily.

Dogs are so much easier, logistically. Dogs *like* hopping in the car and going for rides. And doggos love *exploring* new territory to sniff.

But cats are always....suss.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:17 PM (qAL9z)

58 Are turkey feathers useful at all? I know you get down from a duck, or maybe an elephant.
Posted by: Eider, Or at November 29, 2024 04:57 PM (nS6qG)

Disco Ducks get down!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:18 PM (nezN1)

59
As soon as you pick up a cat and start walking, your cat is, like, oh shit, she's taking me somewhere where I don't wanna go...must squirm away and scratch.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:19 PM (qAL9z)

60 American Bears vs. Russian Bears
https://youtu.be/CBDUn2HqMAE

Worth its own thread...
Impressions - Creature Comforts - Pt.1
https://youtu.be/IfCRvfSZzKo

Meanwhile in Puget Sound the Orcas are wearing salmon and seal skinsuits.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:19 PM (vO42M)

61 >>I suspect that Trump taking it back would trigger innumerable as well as epic meltdowns ... even lawsuits maybe ... for our continued entertainment.

I always knew you were my kind of guy.

Elections have consequences. It's time for some serious payback and no petty option is off the table.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:19 PM (LkLld)

62 Black Friday shopping used to be A Thing. Crowded and challenging.

Then, it became simply a PITA, not worth fighting for that one-of-only-6 in stock Super Dooper Deal Items in a store.

Now? Half the brick n mortar stores are gone, many go online instead.

Posted by: JQ at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (YoCnN)

63 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:16 PM (ZOv7s

With all due respect, could we not get into the whole Calvinist thing? Christopher Taylor already discussed this theological underpinning of this a while back. I know people who are lapsed Catholics who do this too because they have no religion but progressivism.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (bqBJF)

64 Was backing the tractor out of the shop, and it ran out of fuel and quit. Right. There. Took a lot of doing to get it going again, but it is now parked.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:13 PM (nezN1)

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"See, you wouldn't have run out of gas if you had an EV tractor, h8r AND planet-destroyer! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!"

/

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (jQF5i)

65 Do you have a good heater in your shop AOP?

Posted by: fd at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

66 Home from work finally. Now I have to do paperwork. Ugh.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at November 29, 2024 05:24 PM (O7YUW)

67 60: Meanwhile in Puget Sound the Orcas are wearing salmon and seal skinsuits.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
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They watched 'Silence of the Lamb's?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 29, 2024 05:24 PM (TKm8p)

68 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:16 PM (ZOv7s

With all due respect, could we not get into the whole Calvinist thing? Christopher Taylor already discussed this theological underpinning of this a while back. I know people who are lapsed Catholics who do this too because they have no religion but progressivism.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (bqBJF)

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Some of us know nothing about the whole Calvinist thing and appreciate it being discussed for our intellectual edification.

Just sayin' ...

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:24 PM (2rX+c)

69 Thought of you today.

We had a light dusting of snow. Nothing like the weather you're used to.

This is speedo weather for Alberta people....
Posted by: Stateless at November 29, 2024 05:17 PM (jvJvP)

Funny thing, though. When Winter really sets in, Ontario gets cold, and snowy, and it stays cold. Here in Alberta, we get breaks. When the warm Chinook winds hit, temps can go up 50 degrees in an hour, and the snow melts like a mofo. Trees get fooled into budding out early.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:25 PM (nezN1)

70 Calvinist and Hobbes was awesome (after Watterston got Calvin's look down).

Posted by: SFGoth at November 29, 2024 05:25 PM (KAi1n)

71 With all due respect, could we not get into the whole Calvinist thing? Christopher Taylor already discussed this theological underpinning of this a while back. I know people who are lapsed Catholics who do this too because they have no religion but progressivism.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (bqBJF)
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No one has any problem when we talk about "cafeteria Catholics." It's a useful descriptor and neatly sums up what is going on.

The same is true with Yard Sign Calvinists. Are they real Calvinists? Obviously not. Probably not a Reformed person in the bunch. Well, maybe David French, but you get my drift.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)

72 Meanwhile in Puget Sound the Orcas are wearing salmon and seal skinsuits.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram
......................
They watched 'Silence of the Lamb's?
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at November 29, 2024 05:24 PM (TKm8p)

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"It rubs the whale oil on its skin ..."

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:25 PM (2rX+c)

73 Some of us are more into Hobbs.

Posted by: fd at November 29, 2024 05:25 PM (vFG9F)

74 New gender alert: hydrosexual. Hint: It involves Sea Monkeys.

https://is.gd/RmsmYe

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (L/fGl)

75 Good afternoon! I have flipped my entire store from fall to Christmas. Yay!

Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (p4NUW)

76 Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:24 PM (2rX+c)

Fine. Then there ought to be somebody to articulate the other side and I have neither the time nor interest in doing that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (MQJVv)

77 Elections have consequences. It's time for some serious payback and no petty option is off the table.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:19 PM (LkLld)

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LOL.

Make Pettiness Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (2rX+c)

78 Some of us know nothing about the whole Calvinist thing and appreciate it being discussed for our intellectual edification.

Just sayin' ...
Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:24 PM (2rX+c)
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Religion deeply informs politics, and many political movements are more easily understood as religious heresies. Marxism, for example, is not an economic system but a heresy, which is why it can never be proven false to its adherents.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:28 PM (ZOv7s)

79 With all due respect, could we not get into the whole Calvinist thing? Christopher Taylor already discussed this theological underpinning of this a while back. I know people who are lapsed Catholics who do this too because they have no religion but progressivism.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (bqBJF)

He's not suggesting those folks are actual fire-breathing, knife-wielding Calvinists; it's that they ape the form.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:28 PM (nezN1)

80 Good afternoon! I have flipped my entire store from fall to Christmas. Yay!
Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (p4NUW)

The Christmas stock just fell into place?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 05:29 PM (VNX3d)

81
I forgot, what's the opposing theology to Calvinism? Not Armenians. The other thing.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:30 PM (qAL9z)

82 With all due respect, could we not get into the whole Calvinist thing? Christopher Taylor already discussed this theological underpinning of this a while back. I know people who are lapsed Catholics who do this too because they have no religion but progressivism.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (bqBJF)

He's not suggesting those folks are actual fire-breathing, knife-wielding Calvinists; it's that they ape the form.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:28 PM (nezN1)

Yard Sign Calvinists are as religious as the Bidens are Catholic.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 05:31 PM (VNX3d)

83 "See, you wouldn't have run out of gas if you had an EV tractor, h8r AND planet-destroyer! REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!"

/
Posted by: ShainS -- We shot them under DOD Directive 5240.01 at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (jQF5i)

65 Do you have a good heater in your shop AOP?
Posted by: fd at November 29, 2024 05:20 PM (vFG9F)

My little shop, which is a detached 2-car garage, is well heated by radiant floor heating. Very cozy right now. Big shop, where the hoist is, is plumber for floor heating, but no heat source hooked up.

And the tractor ran out of Diesel, not gas. Which is why it was a struggle to get it going again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:31 PM (nezN1)

84 Fine. Then there ought to be somebody to articulate the other side and I have neither the time nor interest in doing that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (MQJVv)
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What is the other side? I'm doing Calvin a favor by pointing out that his doctrines have contemporary applicability, albeit in a very distorted way. Christopher Taylor engaged with me and agreed that it had some merit and was not a shot against actual Reformed theology.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:31 PM (ZOv7s)

85 No one has any problem when we talk about "cafeteria Catholics." It's a useful descriptor and neatly sums up what is going on.

I leave it to the Catholics who feel strongly about this to call people "cafeteria Catholics." I obviously have theological differences with people but as I have said ad nauseum, "Either we (people who believe with their heart and confess with their mouths that Jesus is Lord and desire to follow him )! Must hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately. Ben Franklin said it better/ in a different context first.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:32 PM (bqBJF)

86 John Calvin talked out of the wrong hole.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 05:32 PM (Fe0y1)

87 Yard Sign Calvinists are as religious as the Bidens are Catholic.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 05:31 PM (VNX3d)
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Exactly. They put a yard sign in their lawn and act like a grotesque parody of the Elect. Thomas Sowell recognized this, though he called them The Anointed. It's a similar concept - people who good intentions render them beyond normal moral judgements.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:33 PM (ZOv7s)

88 I would find it helpful if each of the various Christian denominations had NFL style helmets and jerseys. Except for the Roman Catholics, they can kept wearing soccer uniforms.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:33 PM (vO42M)

89 >>Make Pettiness Great Again!

Seriously, read this tweet in it's entirety if your urge for payback isn't already hitting the redline. These people are vicious animals and need to be stomped.

@pmarca
The President's WIFE and SON were debanked.

https://tinyurl.com/2jrjdjx8

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:34 PM (LkLld)

90 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:32 PM (bqBJF

Forgot the other foundational part ( I'm rather tired. Sorry). " and that God raised him ( ( Jesus ) from the dead..."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:35 PM (bqBJF)

91
lolhahahalolhahalol, Wal-Mart and their shareholders just got the Best News Ever!

Black Tik Tok Goblins and Black Twitter Goblins have declared a "boycott" against Wal-Mart.

Why?

Because, they say, WM "abandoned" the woke D.I.E. bullshit.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:36 PM (qAL9z)

92
"It rubs the whale oil on its skin ..."

Blubber butt!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at November 29, 2024 05:36 PM (63Dwl)

93
I guess WM doesn't "represent" the "values" of racist, thieving tik tok goblins.

2024 gets better and better.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:37 PM (qAL9z)

94 >> 05:31 PM (nezN1)

84 Fine. Then there ought to be somebody to articulate the other side and I have neither the time nor interest in doing that.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (MQJVv)
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Then don't. Bye!

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 29, 2024 05:37 PM (vU3uA)

95 I would find it helpful if each of the various Christian denominations had NFL style helmets and jerseys. Except for the Roman Catholics, they can kept wearing soccer uniforms.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:33 PM (vO42M)
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We're the ones shouting "Deus Vult!" and waving Crusader flags unironically. Throughout October I was flying the Knights of Malta standard on my porch.

I found a replica of the Lepanto standard but balked at the $200 price tag (lots of detail work!).

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:37 PM (ZOv7s)

96 Black Tik Tok Goblins and Black Twitter Goblins have declared a "boycott" against Wal-Mart.

Why?

Because, they say, WM "abandoned" the woke D.I.E. bullshit.

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:36 PM (qAL9z)

Goblins can go to Target. Suits me fine.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:37 PM (nezN1)

97 Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 29, 2024 05:37 PM (vU3uA)

Thanks for the warm send off but I'm not actually going anywhere .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:38 PM (bqBJF)

98 Great, another reason to shop at Walmart. If they could bring back their ex Target Buyer from the early Aughts they may have stuff people want to buy again.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 05:39 PM (Fe0y1)

99 I’ve been chased by a lot of things, women with knives, moms with cars, a pissed off girl with a fork, and people with guns. But I think the most terrifying was a bear. There’s something about an animal that can eat you. They are deceptively fasts and black bear can climb trees. There is nothing you can do but fight or flight. Neither is a great choice.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (wgAtL)

100 You did! I wonder what the bears and the wildlife did during your storms. Do you think they knew where to go to be out of harm's way?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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I have no idea. I've often wondered about that. While years of hunting innured me a bit to the plight of wildlife, in recent years I have become a great deal more sympathetic. Constantly looking for food, the constant fear of becoming food, constantly seeking shelter, probably frightened a good deal of the time.

We have had incredibly good, clear weather since the storm. One thing that I and the neighbors have noticed is increased activity by birds. Loss of nesting, perhaps. I'm certain that hundreds and hundreds of squirrels also lost their nests.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (XeU6L)

101 John Calvin was a lawyer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (Fe0y1)

102 I have beaten back the cybercrowds at Amazon. I have spent equal amounts of Black Friday cash for each of the grands. I only have two more people to shop for. Trump is president. Life is good.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (SfhV1)

103 Breaking:

lololhahahalolhaha, British ponce cuck supposed "prime minister" keir starmer blames the UK's immigrant savages on....?

a) Trump
b) Global Warming
c) Brexit
d) Russia-ukraine
e) his own Labour Party

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (qAL9z)

104 Thanks for the warm send off but I'm not actually going anywhere .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:38 PM (bqBJF)

Maybe there's no "other side" to articulate? If it's not clear enough, the term "yard sign Calvinist" is not a slur on Calvinists. Or Hobbesians, for that matter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:41 PM (nezN1)

105 80
The Christmas stock just fell into place?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember

I wish that is how it worked! But we also have our charity consignment sale happening, so I will have to redo some of it next week when that moves out. But for now it looks cute.

Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2024 05:41 PM (p4NUW)

106 >>> 75 Good afternoon! I have flipped my entire store from fall to Christmas. Yay!
Posted by: Piper at November 29, 2024 05:27 PM (p4NUW)

My *one* string of Christmas lights are now hanging across the front patio and the timer has switched them on. I also grabbed a couple cheapo CHYnese solar walkway lights and will either put them along the breezeway or in the pot with the dwarf live tree, if I get one.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 29, 2024 05:42 PM (KcwUg)

107 Target Goblins don't actually pay for their goods.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 05:42 PM (Fe0y1)

108 We're the ones shouting "Deus Vult!"

I think that disqualifies you from a Cabinet position.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 29, 2024 05:42 PM (SfhV1)

109 48
Wait, aren't we overdue for horrific videos of a certain demographic behaving like savages on Black Friday?
And then be called "racists" for watching these videos?

Posted by: Soothsayer at November 29, 2024 05:14 PM (qAL9z)

Thank you!

That's the best part of Black Friday!

Posted by: Stateless at November 29, 2024 05:42 PM (jvJvP)

110 I'm not actually going anywhere .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Thank goodness!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2024 05:42 PM (81XE6)

111 Target Goblins don't actually pay for their goods.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 05:42 PM (Fe0y1)

It looks good on them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:43 PM (nezN1)

112 Fun fact: After the Turks withdrew from the Great Siege of Malta, Grand Master Jean de Vallette made a votive offering of his sword and helmet to Our Lady of Victory.

On the same day as the triumph over the Turks, Italy surrendered to the Allies, lifting a second siege of the Island. This is why in Malta she is known as "Our Lady of Victories."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:43 PM (ZOv7s)

113 Always remember: Black bears are the friendly bears.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 29, 2024 05:43 PM (vYDwg)

114 I think that disqualifies you from a Cabinet position.
Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 29, 2024 05:42 PM (SfhV1)
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Aw shucks. *kicks dirt*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

115 Posted by: Marcus T at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (wgAtL)

I wanted to make a Peloton type bike /treadmill with a big screen and a program that shows you being chased by a psycho with a knife , a grizzly bear ,etc.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (eEFMX)

116
Speaking of Bears at play - how about those last 34 seconds of yesterday's game with the Detroit Lions, now ex-Coach Emulsion?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (xG4kz)

117 On the same day as the triumph over the Turks, Italy surrendered to the Allies, lifting a second siege of the Island. This is why in Malta she is known as "Our Lady of Victories."

That was a very long day.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (vYDwg)

118 89
'The President's WIFE and SON were debanked.'

The sun is more likely to run out of heat than my fury at these roaches.
It seems that banks should be particularly vulnerable to harassment and criminal investigations by the federal government. Let these 'people' know that playtime is over on Jan. 20 by prosecuting them as a bank and as individuals.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (3wi/L)

119 With all due respect, could we not get into the whole Calvinist thing? Christopher Taylor already discussed this theological underpinning of this a while back. I know people who are lapsed Catholics who do this too because they have no religion but progressivism.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Can you stop scolding people on an OPEN THREAD?

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 29, 2024 05:45 PM (lL8As)

120 I wanted to make a Peloton type bike /treadmill with a big screen and a program that shows you being chased by a psycho with a knife , a grizzly bear ,etc.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (eEFMX)

Really scary? "Rachel" Levine with a stiffie.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:45 PM (nezN1)

121 Speaking of Bears at play - how about those last 34 seconds of yesterday's game with the Detroit Lions, now ex-Coach Emulsion?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (xG4kz)

They fired him? LOL

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 29, 2024 05:45 PM (SfhV1)

122 We're the ones shouting "Deus Vult!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I have lip read Bill Belichick saying a variation of that after the punter missed a filed goal.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:45 PM (vO42M)

123 I will now begin my discourse on Calvinism.

*clears throat*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 29, 2024 05:46 PM (vYDwg)

124 John Calvin was a lawyer.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (Fe0y1)

So was St. Thomas More among other RC,’s who have been declared blessed or venerable.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:46 PM (4uCai)

125 John Calvin was a lawyer.
Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 05:40 PM (Fe0y1)
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Of the Faustian variety.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:46 PM (ZOv7s)

126 I would find it helpful if each of the various Christian denominations had NFL style helmets and jerseys. Except for the Roman Catholics, they can kept wearing soccer uniforms.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

And mascots! The Episcopalians' could have fru fru coifed toy poodles, for example.

Hint: stay away from congregation who have rattlesnake mascots.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at November 29, 2024 05:46 PM (L/fGl)

127 >>@EricLDaugh

>>#BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)

128 That was a very long day.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (vYDwg)
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Yeah, same DATE. Who needs and edit function?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (ZOv7s)

129 >> Always remember: Black bears are the friendly bears.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 29, 2024 05:43 PM (vYDwg)

Somebody forgot to tell the bear.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (wgAtL)

130 I'm not a lawyer, but I am a member of the Bar.

*hic!*

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (Xo+UM)

131 >>> 127 >>@EricLDaugh

>>#BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago
Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)

Shiny pony visiting to suck up?

Too bad he didn't fly to Havana instead.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (KcwUg)

132 I would find it helpful if each of the various Christian denominations had NFL style helmets and jerseys. Except for the Roman Catholics, they can kept wearing soccer uniforms.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

Little Winger goes to a church that blossomed from the Jesus Revolution of the '70s. He could wear beads and a flower in his hair.

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (SfhV1)

133 >>#BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago
Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)

Florida State Patrol should bring in some drug-sniffing dogs to clear the plane.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (nezN1)

134 >>@EricLDaugh

>>#BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)

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Don't let him disembark until he's up to date on the last 50 jab boosters!

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like VOTE HARDER Actually Worked This Time at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (hxRN0)

135 >> wanted to make a Peloton type bike /treadmill with a big screen and a program that shows you being chased by a psycho with a knife , a grizzly bear ,etc.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at November 29, 2024 05:44 PM (eEFMX)

The intro should be a bear cub or two walking out of the bushes on front of you. That’s usually the “oh shit” moment before mama appears.

Posted by: Marcus T at November 29, 2024 05:49 PM (wgAtL)

136 #BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago

Posted by: JackStraw

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All by itself, or with the assistance of pilots?

Posted by: 2009Refugee at November 29, 2024 05:49 PM (8AONa)

137 Too bad he didn't fly to Havana instead.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (KcwUg)

with some flowers for Daddy's grave.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:49 PM (nezN1)

138 #BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago
Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)
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I don't remember all these people kissing FJB's ring when he was "elected" back in 2020...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at November 29, 2024 05:49 PM (BpYfr)

139 #BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago
Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)

Asylum should be out of the question.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 29, 2024 05:49 PM (vYDwg)

140 BREAKING: The plane Justin Trudeau uses has just landed in West Palm Beach, the location of Mar-a-Lago

Posted by: JackStraw at November 29, 2024 05:47 PM (LkLld)

Does the man never rest? Take a nap? Go to bed by 10?

Posted by: grammie winger - cheesehead at November 29, 2024 05:50 PM (SfhV1)

141 Florida State Patrol should bring in some drug-sniffing dogs to clear the plane.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:48 PM (nezN1)

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Likelihood that there's a stash of Fidel's favorite Cuban cigars aboard?

/Hopefully they're not the exploding type ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like VOTE HARDER Actually Worked This Time at November 29, 2024 05:50 PM (hxRN0)

142 Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 29, 2024 05:45 PM (lL8As)

LOL .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:50 PM (9S+gg)

143 I don't remember all these people kissing FJB's ring when he was "elected" back in 2020...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

No one respected him even then.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2024 05:50 PM (81XE6)

144 Burn both Justin Trudeau and John Edwards at the same stake.

"Bonfire of the Vanities", indeed.

The hair gel would burn for a week!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2024 05:51 PM (Xo+UM)

145 Asylum should be out of the question.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 29, 2024 05:49 PM (vYDwg)

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LOL That's some world-class snark right there ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like VOTE HARDER Actually Worked This Time at November 29, 2024 05:52 PM (hxRN0)

146 Nood Bird!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at November 29, 2024 05:52 PM (81XE6)

147 My kid, 4' tall and 50lbs, eats half a Little Caesar's like it's a cookie.

Posted by: Accomack at November 29, 2024 05:52 PM (IG7T0)

148 >>Thanks for the warm send off but I'm not actually going anywhere .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at November 29, 2024 05:38 PM (bqBJF)
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Sorry. You are as free to stay as i am. I actually like that there are Morons here that disagree with me and that they are frequently right and I am frequently wrong. It's just that your vacation Bible school, offended at every racy notion, pinched faced Christian-Karen shtick is, more often than not, insufferable. I will just simply scroll past your comments in the future.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at November 29, 2024 05:53 PM (vU3uA)

149 Burn both Justin Trudeau and John Edwards at the same stake.

"Bonfire of the Vanities", indeed.

The hair gel would burn for a week!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 29, 2024 05:51 PM (Xo+UM)

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Throw in Gruesome Newscum and it'll burn for a month!

Posted by: ShainS -- Looks Like VOTE HARDER Actually Worked This Time at November 29, 2024 05:53 PM (hxRN0)

150 Funny thing, though. When Winter really sets in, Ontario gets cold, and snowy, and it stays cold. Here in Alberta, we get breaks. When the warm Chinook winds hit, temps can go up 50 degrees in an hour, and the snow melts like a mofo. Trees get fooled into budding out early.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 29, 2024 05:25 PM (nezN1)

That's interesting to know.
Thanks.

Posted by: Stateless at November 29, 2024 05:54 PM (jvJvP)

151 Hopefully DJT will have Justin wait at the gate a couple hours then make sure he and vehicle are searched throughly

Posted by: Skip at November 29, 2024 05:55 PM (fwDg9)

152 Sorry. You are as free to stay as i am. I actually like that there are Morons here that disagree with me and that they are frequently right and I am frequently wrong. It's just that your vacation Bible school, offended at every racy notion, pinched faced Christian-Karen shtick is, more often than not, insufferable. I will just simply scroll past your comments in the future.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

To this I say, Amen.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:56 PM (vO42M)

153 The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

Tolkien, J.R.R.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 05:56 PM (VNX3d)

154 My Sea Otter is having a Black Friday sale on Sea Otter Fur beach towels. Nice.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:57 PM (vO42M)

155
Except for the Roman Catholics, they can kept wearing soccer uniforms.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at November 29, 2024 05:33 PM (vO42M)

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I know it's meant lightly and I laugh, but I have had a number of short videos on RC subjects come up. Looking at the comments, it's remarkable how venomous many of them are to the RCC in particular and snappers in general. I don't mean the usual anti-religious bigots, I'm talking about Protestants. Some make the Rev. Ian Paisley look like an ecumenicomaniac.

I hope I don't fall into the error of indifferentism but, holy smokes, I also don't waste any brain power hating on Protestants or Protestantism. I got big enough problems of my own. I thought we were supposed to get along.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 05:58 PM (dxSpM)

156
The plane Justin Trudeau uses

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Weenie One

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 29, 2024 06:00 PM (dxSpM)

157 155
' I thought we were supposed to get along.'

We are. This all looks like argument for argument's sake to me.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at November 29, 2024 06:01 PM (3wi/L)

158 I'm going to add my two cents here, and not on the next thread. While I was baptized Roman Catholic, I moved to Protestantism a while back. I read the RCC Catechism, and the Bible (KJV, Douay-Rheims, and Knox), and couldn't reconcile the two.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN! at November 29, 2024 06:01 PM (VNX3d)

159 His name is Justin Castreaux.

Posted by: Boss Moss at November 29, 2024 06:02 PM (Fe0y1)

160 Snap or SNAP?

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 29, 2024 06:13 PM (lrtx8)

161 To nobody in particular, I say relax and calm yer boobies or if you are a chubby guy like me, now that there is no remnant of my familial unit I want to ever see in my domicile again, calm yer moobies!!!

Posted by: Someday I'll choose a nick and stick with it. Today is not that day! Dangerous Radical at November 29, 2024 06:15 PM (89Sog)

162 >>>couldn't reconcile the two.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf - Remember Vic and VNN!
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All humans are fallible. The writers, scribes and interpreters of the Bible old and new were human. God wants us to worship him. We must pray ceaselessly for guidance and study his word.
Perfect is the enemy of good.

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others at November 29, 2024 06:19 PM (lrtx8)

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